It Started With Hello

Chap. 20

"What are you not going to do today?" Emma rolls her brown eyes at her mothers first quarter this early in the morning "Seriously mother?" she says leaning her head against her palm as she pushed the egg white's around her plate. Her mother was really starting early this morning with the nagging "Yes seriously Emma" Emma rolls her eye deciding to play along for now "Today I will not punch that prissy latina Reina in the dumb face" Emma pops the eggs into her mouth grinning with one eyebrow raised. Her father glares at her from across the table not impressed "Language young lady" Emma sighs playing with the end of her ponytail her parents didn't seem interested in her game's "I won't get into fights? I don't know exactly what you want me to say mother" which was a complete lie her mother was now fully facing her arms crossed. She squint her eyes "You know exactly what I want you to say Emma" Emma slams the fork down against the table feeling annoyed "What mother I won't breath, I won't think for myself, I won't have fun, I won't live!what mother what?!" Emma stands from the table banging her hands against it. Her father stands dropping his newspaper to the table glaring at her "You will mind your mother Emma I don't know what has got into in but you better get it together to you understand!" he yell the vain in his neck pops making Emma shake slightly with fear before she slowly sits back down. Her mother grins smugly as her father slowly sits down "Now Emma what are you not going to do again?" Emma looks at her plate blankly wishing she was anywhere else right now but here wishing that she could just live the way she wants "I'm not going to talk to Blake" she whisper her mom pats the top of her head like a obedient dog "Good girl" Emma kept her mouth sealed shut till breakfast was over.

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Some how she made it the whole day without running into Blake if she saw him in the hall she would turn around. If they where in the same class she would sit as far away from him as possible of course he would try to approach her but she simply ignored him. Now it's lunch and she's sitting at her usual seat chewing on a carrot stick when he walks in front of her slamming his lunch tray down on the table sitting down his bookbag was on his back. He was obviously fed up with her behavior which she thought was understandable honestly "What's with the sudden change in personality Emma I thought we where cool" she turns her head to the side looking out the window. She was going to ignore him all day but they were friends, he deserved some type of explanation for the way she was acting "We can't talk anymore Lake my parents hate you and your parents well...did your dad not tell you what went down yesterday?" she whispers surely his dad would have told him about her dysfunctional family. He lets out a fake laugh "Yah he told me your parents are absolutely nuts but that's shouldn't affect us right?" she glances up at him in the eyes before looking around "You don't understand my parents are friends with faculty in this school all it would take is one call to them from one of our teachers and I'll be locked in my room for the rest of my life" she yells in a soft whisper before picking up her tray unable to look at him anymore "It's better if we don't talk anymore I'll just tutor Alex and that's it" he watches her feeling slightly hurt but why should he they barely knew each other. He stands feeling like the whole cafeteria is watching them "Emma..." she shakes her head taking step back "It's better this way you have your world...and I have mine" she looks to the side as he makes his way around to her side of the table "Aww the geek and the freak what's the matter trouble in paradise?" Reina asks as she walks past with her little clones her hair was now shoulder length Emma guessed she couldn't get the gum out of her hair yesterday and decided to cut it. Emma grinds her teeth before throwing her tray of food away suddenly not hungry "Oh go suck a hotdog Reina!" she says before stalking out the cafeteria hoping Blake didn't follow behind her. She walks to the outside lounge area sitting on the bench taking a breath of air. She hears foot steps stop behind her "Do you really not want to hang out anymore? I mean I get it your parents hate my guts and I'm pretty much used to that but...honestly I don't absolutely hate your guts like I do with most people in this school" Emma hears Blake say behind her as he walks around sitting beside her. She lets out alittle laugh looking into his beautiful eyes before quickly looking down "If it was up to me we would still be friends but I really don't want to go against my mother or father I'm... I'm sorry" for a unknown reason one tear rolls down her cheek. She just felt so trapped like she couldn't just be herself like she couldn't make her own choices. He slowly lifts his rough ring covered fingers whipping away the tear "I hate to see a pretty girl cry if this is really what you want... I'll go...Oh and here" he stands pulling something out his bag sitting it beside her before marched back inside. She finally looks up again seeing her once dirty shirt now clean and nicely folded on the spot beside her. As he walk away why did it feel like as if he was walking out of her life forever... probably because he was.